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WB9JAV HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Feb 24, 2000.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since Feb 24, 2000
Previous holder: STEVEN W DONALDSON
Held WB9JAV Feb 23, 1988 → Feb 23, 1998
· first licensed Feb 23, 1988 as WB9JAV
· 1 license · no FRN on file (pre-2001 records)
📖 In the printed callbooks since 1974 as WB9JAV, before the FCC's online records
WB9JAVExpiredTechnician PlusFeb 23, 1988 → Feb 23, 1998 (expired)
From the FCC amateur database as published on the QRZ! callsign CD-ROMs, 1993–2003, before and alongside the FCC's online records (which start in 1999). "Seen" dates are the first and last disc showing that record; the issue date is the FCC's, so it can be a renewal of an even older license.
Seen Oct 31, 1994 → Oct 8, 1999 · 10 discs WB9JAV
· Technician Plus · issued Feb 23, 1988, expires Feb 23, 1998
STEVEN W. DONALDSON
408 PARKSIDE DR, ROCKFORD, IL 61108
Seen Sep 9, 1993 → May 3, 1994 · 2 discs WB9JAV
· Technician · issued Feb 23, 1988, expires Feb 23, 1998
STEVEN W DONALDSON
408 PARKSIDE DR, ROCKFORD, IL 61108
Address history
From FCC database snapshots (2004 → now). "Seen" dates are the first and last snapshot showing that address.
Seen Nov 7, 2004 → Nov 1, 2026 · 52 snapshots · as WB9JAV
STEVEN W DONALDSON
408 PARKSIDE DR, ROCKFORD, IL 61108
From scanned copies of the printed callbooks (government lists from 1913, then the Radio Amateur Callbook to 1997), read by OCR, so names and streets can carry typos. Each line is one or more editions in a row showing the same name at the same address.
1992 → 1993 · 2 editions WB9JAV · class T
Steven W Donaldson 408 Parkside Dr, Rockford, IL 01108 1992 p.1418, 1993 p.1536
1988 · 1 edition WB9JAV · class T
Steven W Donaldson 40b Parkside Dr, Rockford, IL 61108 Winter 1988 p.1215
1987 · 1 edition WB9JAV · class T
Stmn Woonaldson 408 Parksid• Dr, Rockford, IL 61108 Winter 1987 p.1181
1985 → 1986 · 2 editions WB9JAV · class T
Steven W Donaldson 408 Parkside Dr, Rockford, IL 61108 Winter 1985 p.1169, Winter 1986 p.1165
1984 · 1 edition WB9JAV · class T
Steven Wdonaldson ~08 Parkside Dr, Rockford, IL 61108 Winter 1984 p.1166
1980 → 1983 · 3 editions WB9JAV · class T
Steven W Donaldson 408 Parkside Dr, Rockford, IL 61108 Winter 1980 p.1042, Winter 1982 p.1090, Winter 1983 p.1123
1974 → 1979 · 4 editions WB9JAV · class T
Steven W Donaldson 408 Park~ Dr, Rockford, IL 61108 1974 p.561, Winter 1975 p.586, Winter 1976 p.595, Winter 1979 p.470
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for WB9JAV in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of WB9JAV beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.